| Birth name | Kristopher Lee Carter |
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| Birth date | February 5, 1972 (age 54) |
| Birth place | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | |
| Instruments | Keyboard |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Website | http://www.kristophercarter.com/ |
Kristopher Lee Carter (born February 5, 1972) is an American composer. He grew up in San Angelo, Texas and lives in Los Angeles, California.[1]
Carter was born in San Antonio, Texas. In 1993, he graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Texas. As a student, he won first prize in the 1992 UNT Concerto/Aria competition with his symphonic overture, A Titan's Epitaph. The University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Anshel Brusilow, first performed the overture in 1993. After that, Carter received commissions for concert works from cellist Carter Enyeart, saxophonist Robert Austin and the University of North Texas Men's Chorus in 1994. The work commissioned by Austin, Grand Duo Concertante, has been featured on several nationally syndicated college radio programs In 1995.
Carter began his career as one of the youngest composers to work for Warner Bros. He received an Emmy Award for Batman Beyond and has received five other Emmy nominations. His fifteen independent feature films have screened at festivals including South by Southwest, Slamdance, the Atlanta Film Festival, Shriekfest and the 2008 Park City Film Music Festival, where his feature "Yesterday Was A Lie" won a Gold Medal for Best Impact Of Music In A Feature Film.
He made his Hollywood Bowl debut in 2001 with a commission from John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. In the record world, he has collaborated with The Wallflowers' Rami Jaffee and blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Carter was named Commissioning Composer of the Year by the Texas Music Teachers Association and also received a fellowship to Robert Redford's Sundance Composers Institute. He served as the first Composer-In-Residence of the Bel Canto Northwest Opera Festival and has given clinics across the country on film composition.
Works
DC Animated Universe
| Year | Title | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | Batman: The Animated Series | The series made its debut in 1992, while Carter came in 1994 |
| 1996–2000 | Superman: The Animated Series | |
| 1997–99 | The New Batman Adventures | |
| 1999–2001 | Batman Beyond | |
| 2001 | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | |
| 2001–02 | The Zeta Project | |
| 2001–04 | Justice League | |
| 2004–06 | Justice League Unlimited | |
| 2017 | Batman and Harley Quinn | |
| 2019 | Justice League vs. the Fatal Five |
Other DC Animated Works
| Year | Title | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2003–06 | Teen Titans | |
| 2006 | Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo | |
| 2006–08 | Legion of Super Heroes | |
| 2008–10 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | |
| 2010–22 | Young Justice | |
| 2016 | Batman: The Killing Joke | |
| Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders | ||
| 2017 | Batman vs. Two-Face | |
| 2020 | DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger |
Marvel animated works
Other animated works
Other works
| Year | Title | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Siren |
- This work that was composed with other music composers, especially with Michael McCuistion and Lolita Ritmanis.
- The work was composed solely by Carter.
- The work that has theme song composed by Carter.
References
- ^ Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, A biographical guide featuring performers, directors, writers, producers, designers, managers, choreographers, technicians, composers, executives, dancers, and critics in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and the world, Volume 55, Gale Group, Detroit (2004)